# problem with database parsing

Andreas Dieberger (andreas.dieberger@lcc.gatech.edu)
Sat, 17 Feb 1996 13:23:54 PST

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    Hi.

    I am just setting up a MOO on an AIX  (Vs. 2.5) machine.

    (Compiling worked quite fine on that system btw. I use the MPL1.4 patch and
    Lambda 1.7.8p4. The only thing that you have to do is to comment out the
    declaration of of *tzname in my-time.h. otherwise you get a redeclaration
    error. You even get only a single warning.)

    Anyway. Now I have a compiled MOO and try to start it with my TechMOO
    database that works fine on another server. But there suddenly is a .db
    parsing error. And the same error appears even when I try to start
    Minimal.db.

    Here is the .log:

    $ cat Minimal.log
    Sat Feb 17 16:14:36 EST 1996: RESTARTED
    Feb 17 16:14:36: STARTING: Version 1.7.8p4 of the LambdaMOO server
    Feb 17 16:14:36:           (Using BSD/TCP protocol)
    Feb 17 16:14:36:           (Task timeouts measured in server CPU seconds.)
    Feb 17 16:14:36: LOADING: /home/moo/Minimal.db
    Feb 17 16:14:36: LOADING: Reading 4 objects...
    Feb 17 16:14:36: VALIDATING the object hierarchies ...
    Feb 17 16:14:36: VALIDATE: Phase 1: Check for invalid objects ...
    Feb 17 16:14:36: VALIDATE: Phase 2: Check for cycles ...
    Feb 17 16:14:36: VALIDATE: Phase 3: Check for inconsistencies ...
    Feb 17 16:14:36: VALIDATING the object hierarchies ... finished.
    Feb 17 16:14:36: LOADING: Reading 1 MOO programs...
    Feb 17 16:14:36: *** PARSER: Line 1:  syntax error
    Feb 17 16:14:36: *** DB_READ: Unparsable program #0:0, i = 1.
    Feb 17 16:14:36: *** Cannot parse database file!
    $

    Does that mean the compile did not run as smooth as it appeared or did I
    make any other mistake...? I tried 3 different .db's and all produced the
    same log, except that in one case it read "Line 2: syntax error"

    Does somebody have any suggestions? I seem to remember that a similar
    question was on the list a few months ago - sorry if its an old hat...

    Confused,

       Andreas

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                         Andreas Dieberger
                 Georgia Institute of Technology
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